This is an analysis of the poem From Hand To Hand that begins with:

The Pope, God's locum, Our Lord, is someone I'd
Liken to an eternal Father, like Our Eternal Father....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX aXaa XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01110110111 1001010101101010 1011011111110 00011101011011 01101011100100 0111001010 10101011101010 11010001000010 00111101110001 010111111 1010101101101 1101011001010001 11010011001 100101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, his are repeated.

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